Presenters and Panelists:

Larry Halprin, Esq.
Partner
Keller and Heckman LLP

Mr. Halprin draws on his technical and business background to counsel individual companies and trade associations in a broad range of workplace health and safety, environmental, product safety, and business transactions issues. He has a hands-on familiarity with the manufacturing environment and has represented clients in the aerospace, chemical, construction, electronics, food, machines, paper and forest products, pharmaceuticals, plastics, steel, telecommunications and transportation industries.

Mr. Halprin works with clients in developing, implementing and auditing environmental, health and safety management programs; he advises on legal compliance issues; and he represents clients in a broad range of enforcement and rulemaking proceedings at the federal and state levels. Mr. Halprin has been a strong advocate of re-inventing government, particularly with respect to regulatory reform. He has testified before Congress and participated in numerous government rulemakings in an effort to limit agency rules to what is necessary, practical and justified by appropriate risk assessment and cost-benefit analysis. Mr. Halprin is a frequent writer and speaker on regulatory reform and a broad range of environmental, health and safety management issues.

In his transactional practice, Mr. Halprin has provided counsel and negotiated: real estate purchase and leasing agreements for residential and commercial properties; real estate financing agreements for commercial office buildings; asset sales agreements; and telecommunications system design, construction and operating agreements. Before joining Keller and Heckman, Mr. Halprin clerked for the Honorable Charles R. Johnston of the U.S. Tax Court.

Mr. Halprin is a member of the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania Bars.
University of Pennsylvania (B.S.Ch.E., with honors, 1974); Duquesne University (J.D., 1977); George Washington University (M.B.A. in Finance and Investments, 1984, Beta Gamma Sigma).

Lance "Skip" Edwards, CIH
Director of Health and Safety Affairs
National Paint and Coatings Association (NPCA)

Lance "Skip" Edwards is the Director of Health and Safety Affairs for the National Paint and Coatings Association (NPCA). Skip is the advocate for the Paint & Coatings Industries’ positions and concerns before government agencies and other standard setting organizations (OSHA, EPA, ANSI, NACOSH, NFPA, etc.) in the areas of occupational safety and health, product stewardship, and manufacturing management. He provides technical consultation to industry on draft regulations and comments for proposed rules. He represents the industry on occupational safety and health related technical committees and work groups for the development of guidance programs and procedures to assist member industries in protecting the health of their employees and complying with federal, state, and local regulations. Skip is also one of the industry's representatives responsible for promoting the new health, safety, and environmental management system, Coatings Care®.

Skip joined NPCA in January of 1996. Prior to that time he served 20 years in the United States Air Force as a Bioenvironmental Engineer, responsible for the service's occupational health and safety programs. He served at base level at four major installations, was an Air Force Consultant, and was finally assigned to the Headquarters, United States Air Force, Washington, DC where he assumed the responsibilities of developing occupational health and safety programs for the entire Air Force, World Wide. Skip retired from the Air Force as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1995.

Skip received his undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering from Purdue University, and a Masters of Public Health form the University of Michigan with a major in Industrial Hygiene. Skip is Board Certified in Industrial Hygiene, and has authored numerous publications in both the military and civilian community on health and safety issues, and has served on numerous technical advisory committees including the National Advisory Committee for Occupation Safety and Health (NACOSH) and as the Chair of the American Industrial Hygiene Association Law Committee.

Jeremy Brewer
Attorney
Keller and Heckman LLP

Jeremy Brewer is an associate in Keller and Heckman's Washington D.C. office. Mr. Brewer practices in the areas of OSHA and Employment law and provides clients with advice on various workplace safety matters, including representing clients facing federal and state OSHA citations. He also participates in representing clients in employment counseling and litigation.

Mr. Brewer is a member of the Commonwealth of Virginia Bar and the District of Columbia Bar.

Denison University (B.A., 1998); American University, Washington College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2003).

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